Improvement in harrow



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Letters Patent N 91,977, dated June 29, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N HARROW.

The Schedule refen-ed to in these Letters Patent and making prt of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VALENTIN SIPPEL, of the 1village of Niagara City, in the town and county of N iragara, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Harrow .and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the coustruction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletteis of reference marked thereon.

'lhe drawing, Figure 1, is a full representation ofthe construction ofthe harrow. As to the size ofthe harrow, the number' of teetl1,'or size ofthe timber through which the teeth are fastened, they may be Varied according to the wishes of farmers using them.

In the drawing- At letters a, are represented the whilletrees, to which the team is attached for drawing the barrow.

At b is a wooden draw-bar attached to the harrow, as atm d, hy ashort piece of chain at either end of the draw-ban'.

Ihe chain, by hook and eye, or ring, is rendered detachable at b or d, so that the ring e may be slipped on the draw-bar, and the whiletree *a, hitched to the ringr c, as sho vn. Y

Ihe operation of the ring e, and draw-bar b, is, that in turning around, or freeing the hai-row from` obstruc tions, it is found convenient to change the line of draught from one side of the harrow to the other; and this convenience is obtained with great facility by the ring c sliding from one end of the draw-bar b to the other. The draw-bar is lined with iron where the ring slides upon it.

'lhe iron teeth, at letters o, are made in the usual manner, but I'set them in the rails o, so that as few teeth as possible will be drawn in the same track when 'the harrow is drawn from either end of the draw-bar. Although in any given rail, o, I set the teeth at equal y distances apart, I do notbegin setting them at the same distance from the end ofeach rail.V

` A cross-bar of the same thickness and width ofthe rails o, is framed on-the front ends of the' rails o feach half ofthe barrow, as shownat *f f.

rIhe bars *f f and *g g are not .set at right angles with the rails o, but are sot a little slanting, and as shown in the drawing. The rails o, in the rearof the barrow, are set a little further apart than at the front. Setting the bars acrosst-he front ends of the rails o, and also slanting the bars, as represented in the drawings, gives an advantage against obstructions.. t Setting the rails o further apart at and towards tiherear, allows anything which might clog between the 'rails to work out more easily.

The hinges h i are so made that either half of the harrow will be drawn a little forward of the other, the eye of either hinge sliding from *i to t. This gives the harrow'v the same position, whether drawn from one end of the draw-bar b or the other.

That part of the harrow which should be made of iron will be known to all persons acquainted with such work.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The setting of the rails o a little wider apart at and towards the rear, the bars *ff slanting in opposite directions across the front ends of the rails o, beginning the teeth at unequal distances from the ends of the rails, and all these features in combination with the sliding hinge, draw-bar b, and ring e,'when the whole are constructed, arranged, and operated in the` harrow described, substantially as and for the purposes 4 set forth.

Witnesses:

` C. It. EDWARDS, BENJ. FLAGLER.

vVALMJCLIN SIPPEL. 

